100000 rupees in exchange of 5 rupee note… This offer will blow your mind

100000 rupees in exchange of 5 rupee note… This offer's fact check will blow your mind

Fact Check: This post is being shared indiscriminately as if it is true. In the fact check, it has been found that people are being cheated in the name of buying old coins and notes.

Fact Check: 100000 rupees in exchange of 5 rupee note

Fact Check: On the social media platform Facebook, it is being claimed that one will get lakhs of rupees on exchanging old notes and coins of some special series. This post is being shared indiscriminately as if it is true. In the fact check, it has been found that people are being cheated in the name of buying old coins and notes. In such a situation, the claim made in this post is misleading.

What is being claimed in the misleading post?

A page named Currency Buyers on the social media platform Facebook recently shared a post on how to sell Indian old rare coins and banknotes directly in real currency. Apart from this, the entire process of selling these coins and notes is explained in this post through a person's voice. This misleading video has been liked by more than 5 thousand people and more than 600 people have shared it so far. This number of likes and shares is increasing continuously.

Caution is important
Whenever you see such posts and you get an offer to make money in exchange for notes, then you should be careful with such posts. Before proceeding, definitely check whether the websites actually offer the amount mentioned for a particular note or coin or not, confirm it. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has also issued a warning about the online purchase and sale of old coins and notes.